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| 5:32
| Hearing ZZ Top's Sharp Dressed Man is making Steve excited for hockey season. Whenever Patrick Sharp scores a goal they play that song. |
| 5:33
| Buzz would like to see the Hawks incorporate the opening theme into their games. It could be something that they skate around to. Suddenly Buzz is seeing the Hawks players skating on their toes. They could do it too, they're quite agile. |
| 5:34
| Remind Steve someday to tell the story of his first and only skating lesson. It happened recently, after Steve became more interested in hockey. As it turns out it's very hard to learn to skate if you didn't start as a kid. |
| 5:35
| Steve took quite a header when he first got on the ice. The guy who owned the rink saw his entire business flash before his eyes. People never believe Steve when he says that he's never skated or never played golf. |
| 5:36
| When he started taking golf lessons the instructor asked him what he knew. He said nothing but the guy didn't really believe him. It was the same thing with learning to skate. |
| 5:37
| When you learn to skate they give you something that sort of looks like a walker and that helps you stay upright. But the ice hadn't been Zambonied so the walker hit a bump and Steve went down, with no pads on at all. |
| 5:38
| Steve finished out the lesson but couldn't go for several weeks because he was so sore. Then he started taking golf lessons, you can't fall in golf. Steve fully intends to start taking skating lessons again, he wants to join one of those adult hockey leagues. He heard they're fun and you don't have to be that good. |
| 5:39
| Did Buzz notice those bruises on Steve's elbows a few months back? Those weren't from Janet beating Steve, she beats him around the stomach so his clothing hides it. It was from Steve's fall on the rink. Shortly after that he went to a Hawks game and it was fan appreciation day. At the end of the game all the players took off their sweaters and gave them away to select fans. All of them had elbow pads on though. So Steve needs to get himself some elbow pads. |
| 5:40
| Steve did start to get the hang of skating. The problem with an ice rink is there's really nothing to grab on to. There's just the boards, no edge or anything. |
| 5:41
| Caller Mark has a live traffic update for Steve. Does Steve sound sleepy because he forgot to scream in the car today. He usually does that to wake himself up. |
| 5:42
| Mark just assumed that Steve driving 100 would wake him up every morning. Steve got up to the 90s today on his way in. He's trying to see if he can still wake up at 4:30 and get in at 5 when the show starts. |
| 5:43
| On I-80 eastbound near LaGrange road it's completely shutdown. Mark couldn't get a good look at it but it might be a semi. That I-80 is rough with the truckers. This is right about the time of the morning where the speed wears off. |
| 5:44
| Mark takes I-80 into the city so he had to get off at LaGrange road, it's slowing him down a bit this morning. The westbound is also slow but people are getting by on the shoulder. |
| 5:45
| So Mark takes I-80 to the Dan Ryan then? How about that Dan Ryan, they did a great job on that thing. It was a real pain during the construction but it was worth it. It really seems like something actually had a plan with the Dan Ryan. What does Mark do if he doesn't mind Steve asking? |
| 5:46
| Mark works in HVAC, automating systems. We've got some HVAC issues in this building. CBS is very cheap and the building has a weird HVAC set up with different zones that need to be turned on and off. Every few months CBS gets a report and decide that certain zones that are on can be shut off so Steve comes into the studio and it's like a sauna. |
| 5:47
| If Steve had that license plate frame thing figured out he'd send one to mark. So far we haven't come up with any good slogans for the license plate frames. Adam has worked out the pricing for them though. Is that something Mark would put on his car? Mark drives a company car so he's not sure he can put it on there. Steve doesn't even want the license plate frame from the dealer where he bought his car so maybe he should scrap this idea. |
| 5:48
| By the way, it was a semi that crashed into a concrete divider. It sounds like someone's speed wore off or he wasn't taking any. Two people were hurt in the crash according to state police. |
| 5:49
| Song: Rocky Mountain Way, Joe Walsh |
| 6:00
| Alright we've got the news coming up with Buzz. But first the Cubs, in remarkable fashion, lost last night. Can you say a loss is remarkable? Steve's not sure what happened, it sounds like Ted Lilly didn't pitch well, would that be accurate Pete? |
| 6:01
| Pete says Ted Lilly pitched very well, the Cubs just didn't hit. Pete doesn't have to get defensive about it. That doesn't sound very defensive to Buzz at all. Thanks Buzz, it's not like Steve follows the Cubs or anything! |
| 6:02
| The loss is remarkable in that the Cubs lost a game at home and they've lost something like 5 of their last 20 games. Steve didn't really phrase the report correctly and in doing so he awoke the sleeping giant of Buzz's curiosity. In the future he'll just read the score as is. |
| 6:03
| Carlos Zambrano faces Josh Fogg this afternoon. Does Buzz want to know why Josh is always in a fogg? Josh Fogg sounds like he should be on San Francisco but he's on Cincinnati. They don't have fog but they have great 5 way chili. |
| 6:04
| The Bears take on the 49ers tonight in their third preseason game, Jeff Joniak will be on at 7:30 today to preview that game. And also for some reason Pat Boyle will be in studio at 8. Steve's glad Pat's coming in but he's not sure why he's coming. Usually if he's downtown because he has to renew his driver's license or something like that he'll stop by. |
| 6:05
| News with Buzz |
| 6:06
| Denver's marijuana policy review panel is advising city police to not arrest anyone in possession of less than an ounce of marijuana during next week's Democratic National Convention. |
| 6:07
| Misty Mae-Treanor and Christy Walsh captured gold again in beach volleyball again during a rain-soaked finale. Meanwhile Mark Spitz thinks there's only one swimmer who Michael Phelps couldn't beat and that's Mark Spitz in his prime. C'mon Mark! Spitz believes a race between the two of them, in their prime, would have to be a draw. |
| 6:08
| We're still waiting for Barack Obama to select his running mate. We were hoping that news would be texted to our own Ed Silha, who has different Obama pin that matches every outfit he has. |
| 6:09
| The union for U.S. Airways flight attendants are upset about a decision awarding new stock options to members of the executive board. Mike Flores, of the Association of Flight Attendants, doesn't understand how they can do that after slashing employee benefits and charging for non-alcoholic drinks. See, in the board room, everyone views that as a good thing. Cut the flight attendants pay? Hell yeah! |
| 6:10
| Quite honestly that whole airline system is crazy. Those execs get paid to fail basically. Isn't U.S. Airways still in bankruptcy? And now it sounds like the U.S. Airways flight attendants are going to be in a super good mood when you fly. If they gave out peanuts they'd throw the bag at you. |
| 6:11
| Surprise, surprise, the men who said last week that they had evidence of the existence of Bigfoot were in fact staging a hoax. |
| 6:12
| Drew Peterson's lawyer Joel Brodsky says he has new information proving that Stacy was planning to leave Drew. A former classmate of Stacy's said she told him she wanted to leave the day before she disappeared. Brodsky says this proves his clients innocence. Or it's just another reason for Drew to get really mad at her. |
| 6:13
| This is why Drew was always against Stacy going to school. Where was she going to school anyway? Probably somewhere local like Lewis University. But it's obvious there were guys sniffing around Stacy, who was unhappy. |
| 6:14
| Cubs pitcher Carlos Zambrano and catcher Geovanny Soto broke ground yesterday at Little Wrigley Field in Humboldt Park. Not everyone had a good time as one woman was pushed down by eager autograph seekers. We have a special report from Brendan on the incident. |
| 6:15
| That was a woman? It sounds like a man. Were those autograph seekers the guys who just sell them on eBay? They should be banned from stuff like this. Baseball players shouldn't have to give autographs to anyone over 13. You always see those guys lurking in front of the team hotel, it's creepy. You can understand why players don't want to give autographs. |
| 6:16
| When Steve and Buzz did a show from the Bears Fan Fest there was a guy who wanted him to sign a bunch of Disco Demolition photos. He said they were for friends but later Steve saw the same guy, and his buddies, collating all of their autographs so they could get them ready to sell. It was really irritating because Steve spent 5 minutes signing the photos. |
| 6:17
| If someone is going to make money on Steve's autograph it's going to be Steve. And for $5 you can get Steve's autograph on anything you buy at Dahl.com. That's 50¢ a letter! |
| 6:18
| Mayor Daley is firmly against lowering the drinking age and believes that university presidents who want to do that are being responsible. You'd think at some point someone would listen to a university president, seemingly they know what they're talking about. The problem is that no one wants to go up against Mother's Against Drunk Driving. |
| 6:25
| Steve just got this email from a listener. Stacy Peterson was attending Joliet Junior College, studying nursing. That's where she allegedly spoke to her classmate about wanting to leave Drew. |
| 6:26
| The emailer also wants to know why Steve is cutting out the streaming. He forward it along to Adam who handles all of our podcast and streaming audio problems. Steve finds that it's usually user error in these situations. |
| 6:27
| Steve calls down to Adam's office. He got the email and brought up the stream, it sounded fine. He's going to email the woman and try to work it out. |
| 6:28
| As you might have heard earlier, Brendan was in Humboldt Park yesterday for the groundbreaking of Little Wrigley Field. Steve would like the audio of that woman who got knocked over added to his machine, it should go right next to the woman who thought there was a creature in her toilet when it was in fact an earthquake. |
| 6:29
| Does Pete know where that earthquake woman is on the machine? Steve might just have to go through all of them. These are really the building blocks of the show, Steve shouldn't even be playing them. |
| 6:30
| These days, the Bernie Mac audio is now just a tribute. And Steve has turned on the Sox plenty of times. The difference is that Steve was never at Wrigley Field singing the 7th Inning Stretch during the playoffs. |
| 6:31
| Of course we've got Carlton Maloney giving play by play of a plane crash in Spain. And we just had a plane crash in Spain yesterday. We've also got Buzz saying "I gotta go" when he had the kidney stones. Keep that at the ready, you never know when he might have to go again. |
| 6:32
| Pete might have replaced the earthquake woman with Carlton Maloney. It's still on the machine somewhere but Pete can play it from his studio. That's some good tape right there. |
| 6:33
| So Brendan was in Humboldt Park for the opening of Little Wrigley Field. Does it look just like Wrigley Field? It was actually just the groundbreaking and there was a lot of congratulations going around just for that. |
| 6:34
| The 26th ward alderman gave a very long speech, it started with his birth on the Northside. He was named after Billy Williams. So he's a Cubs fan? Humboldt Park is primarily Puerto Rican although Big Z is Venezuelan. Soto is Puerto Rican though. |
| 6:35
| While Brendan was out there he got some fine audio of a woman who had been pushed down by autograph seekers. It could probably be played again though. |
| 6:36
| Brendan also met a gentleman who has recorded a Cubs song for this season. His name is Alfonso Peralta. Peralta is a baseball name, there are a lot of Peraltas in baseball like Jhonny Peralta to name...one. |
| 6:37
| Steve hasn't heard the song yet, does Brendan think it'll catch on? At first blush Steve doesn't think it'll catch on. Because of the guy's accent Steve hasn't understood anything he's said. |
| 6:38
| It starts off with an acoustic intro but then kicks in with the electric guitar. The accent doesn't sound as bad with the guitars. |
| 6:39
| According to Steve's calculations there are still 3 minutes left in this song. Does the song change at all or did we get the gist of it? Musically it's not a bad song. |
| 6:40
| This must be the extended club mix of the song. |
| 6:41
| There are a lot of production values in this song, it's like a Queen album. The accent still could hold him back but generally the guy seems talented. |
| 6:42
| The CD came in an orange sleeve with This Year Is Here handwritten on it. So he must have done it at home right? That's pretty impressive. Still though, the intro might hurt this guy, Steve can't understand a word he's saying. |
| 6:43
| Caller Larry had a thought about the song. Just one? He sounds a little down today. It could be that Larry's heading to work. He lays tile for local 21. Buzz is a big fan of guys who lay tiles. |
| 6:44
| Larry is a Sox fan but that's not why he thinks the song kind of sucks. At least in the intro the guy sounds like the father-in-law on George Lopez. Did he say "from heaven to ert" in the song too? |
| 6:45
| Where is Larry laying tile today? He's going to some uppity-up grocery store at North and Clybourn. At least it's a job right? Does Larry spend a lot of time bent over? Only on breaks. |
| 6:46
| Caller Bob thought the song was awesome. First, what does Bob do? He works security at O'Hare. He can't really say what he does specifically though. Are they close to putting in that Weinermometer out there? Because Steve can't fly if they're going to be using that thing. Or he'll need a fluffer. Based on some of the women he's seen out at O'Hare none of them are going to get the job done. |
| 6:47
| The last time the show was in Mexico there was really hot customs agent when they flew back to O'Hare. Ed Silha was giving her his patented stink eye/leer and she pulled everyone into her line for a full search. |
| 6:48
| Bob liked the Cubs song, he thinks a Jim Peterik could really help the guy out. Maybe he could do an all-Spanish version. Jim might make it a bit too corny. It's really hard to make a team anthem and have it not be corny though. |
| 6:49
| That Weinermometer is going to be a dealbreaker for Steve. He doesn't need the TSA people standing around the screen laughing at him. He's a grower! |
| 6:50
| Last year Steve commissioned a song about the White Sox. Well he didn't commission it, a listener sent his song in and then Steve got him hooked up with Steve Albini and they all recorded it. Steve Albini produced Nirvana but not Nevermind. He acts like he produced Nevermind though. |
| 6:51
| The song turned out OK and Steve sent it to the White Sox but they weren't interested in it. Since both teams are in first place it's only fair that Steve play that song too. |
| 6:52
| Song: Beast of Burden, The Rolling Stones |
| 7:00
| We've got some more Cheech & Chong tickets to give away. This is a hot ticket right now. The first show already sold out! Does Buzz want to hear Steve's Cheech & Chong? He does both voices. |
| 7:01
| After the news Steve is going to play that White Sox song. He forgot that he had Beast of Burden loaded into the machine. |
| 7:02
| The Cubs surprisingly lost last night to Cincinnati. The Sox won big against Seattle yesterday afternoon. The Bears take on the 49ers tonight and Jeff Joniak will be on shortly to preview it. |
| 7:03
| All lanes for I-80 near LaGrange are now open after a semi crash shut most of it down this morning. |
| 7:04
| News with Buzz |
| 7:05
| Condoleezza Rice is in Iraq and nearing an agreement to extend the stay of U.S. troops past this year. |
| 7:06
| Misty Mae-Treanor and Christy Walsh have captured their second gold medal in beach volleyball. Steve wishes those two were hotter. They look better in the bathing suits though. That photo on Dahl.com of Michael Phelps is disturbing to Buzz. It was disturbing because he was looking at it for too long. |
| 7:07
| Michael Phelps will appear on boxes of Frosted Flakes which is drawing criticism from health experts. Oh brother! Steve's pretty sure Wheaties doesn't pay you if you're on their box. Or maybe they don't pay enough. Tony the Tiger will whip out the checkbook. |
| 7:08
| Texas executed a death row inmate last night. Jeffrey Wood was convicted for the January 1996 robbery and murder of a gas station clerk. There was a lengthy last meal request. |
| 7:09
| We really need to cut down on those last meals, it should just be one entree. Steve knows it's to assuage the guilt of killing someone but still. It can't be 5 entrees. |
| 7:10
| The National Enquirer's ongoing investigation of John Edwards has uncovered new information. They have evidence that Edwards recently flew Reille Hunter and her child to St. Croix where she stayed with a controversial trial lawyer and friend of Edwards. |
| 7:11
| The Chicago Teacher's Union has voted out vice president Ted Dallas. The board found him guilty of financial impropriety. He's accused of improperly charging the union with $6,000 worth of dinner and drinks. |
| 7:12
| Dallas sued claiming that union president Marilyn Stewart was an even bigger spender and that he and the union treasurer were being railroaded. Dallas and Joe Ahern should start some sort of diner's club. |
| 7:13
| America's Amish population has double in the last 16 years. If that trend continues that could be too many Amish to deal with. We'll all be stuck driving behind a carriage with a triangle reflector on it. |
| 7:14
| Earlier we were playing a Cubs anthem that Brendan came across while he was at the groundbreaking of Little Wrigley Field yesterday. The accent gets in the way at the beginning but eventually the song starts to rock. |
| 7:15
| The song is almost like a Queen song, there are several different movements within it. Hearing this song reminded Steve about the time he recorded the White Sox song with that heavy metal band...Steve can't remember their name but he wants to call them Knuckleheads. |
| 7:16
| The band was Metalhead and it turned out pretty good. Steve sent it to the White Sox but they never played it. It was played a few times on The Score though. It was the year after the Sox won the World Series, when they didn't even win the division. As usual Steve has great timing. |
| 7:17
| Song: Win or Die Trying, Metalhead |
| 7:20
| Steve thought that was a pretty good song but no one would play it. The Sox don't really use "Win or Die Trying" as a slogan any more but they did when Steve produced the song. |
| 7:21
| Now they use "swagger" which sounds gay. You might as well use "swish" and they've got a guy on the team named Swisher. |
| 7:22
| Steve can say all that because he's a fan and he has season tickets. Although they could probably take his tickets away. If you've signed up for Steve's Twitter you'd know what he had for lunch yesterday before the game. |
| 7:23
| Steve went with some brisket although he had some problems getting two pieces from the guy at the carving station. He had to go Spanish and that might have gotten him the second piece. Then he had some chicken pot pie. |
| 7:24
| Steve doesn't think the Sox are ever going to play that song and it cost him a lot to produce. Steve Albini is not cheap, he produced Nirvana. Although he produced their third album, not Nevermind. He's a nice guy though. |
| 7:25
| Caller John has a quick chicken pot pie comment. John is in Norridge, how are things going out there? Isn't Norridge where John Wayne Gacy lived? He was actually in unincorporated Norwood Park. |
| 7:26
| Steve did an appearance at a movie theater in Norridge for the Blues Brothers. They had a car that people could demolish, it was right next to the Maurice Lennel factory. |
| 7:27
| John wanted to let Steve know about the best chicken pot pie in the city, it's at Ceres which is a restaurant in the Board of Trade. And anyone can just go in there. |
| 7:28
| For some reason Steve's screen says the chicken pot pie is in the Sears Tower. Does Brendan think that's where the Board of Trade is? |
| 7:29
| Live read: Townstone Financial |
| 7:35
| Live read: NBC |
| 7:36
| Steve is taking two listeners out to L.A. with him and Brendan for the NBC launch party. He's not sure where the party will be, some swanky nightclub probably. They do a lot of things on roofs out in L.A. |
| 7:37
| Alright the Bears host the 49ers tonight and we've got Jeff Joniak on the phone to preview the game. |
| 7:39
| Steve has to say that he really likes the way Jeff...thrills the nation with his T-formation. Actually he likes the way that Jeff makes even the preseason games sound exciting. |
| 7:40
| Air Hanie wasn't quite as en fuego as he was the week before. Steve blames Ron Turner, whenever someone starts to look good Turner comes up with a game plan to make it look like you suck. |
| 7:41
| Steve is happy that the Bears are going with Kyle Orton but before that, Bob Costas might have stolen "Ridiculous" and inserted it into the Olympics coverage. Buzz is pretty sure the world has slipped into the sports lexicon. |
| 7:42
| Did Jeff trademark that like Steve told him to? We'll talk about that later. Does Pete happen to have that available? |
| 7:43
| Last year Jeff got an anonymous call at WBBM from someone demanding that he stop using "Ridiculous" to describe Devin Hester since it was bad English. According to the definition of he word Jeff is actually ripping Hester. |
| 7:44
| Buzz doesn't want Jeff getting held back by small minds. It wouldn't have caught on if Jeff was saying "Devin Hester, you are really good" Steve gets crazy stuff like this all the time. Some guy was trying to get Steve to stop saying "golfing" because it's also improper. People don't go tennising so they shouldn't go golfing either. |
| 7:45
| Steve's going to try to nail down when Bob Costas used "ridiculous". It stands to reason that Costas has heard some of Jeff's calls so it could be a homage. |
| 7:46
| It's really hard to make money off of trademarking something like "Ridiculous" Steve has a lot of stuff trademarked and hasn't made any money off of it. Remember the Lakeshore Leap? Steve trademarked that and had a bunch of t-shirts printed up, he's sold 10 of them so far. |
| 7:47
| Then Steve got a bunch of emails from people saying Lakeshore Leap was too close to Lambeau Leap and that reminded people of the Packers. Maybe Steve and Jeff should just turn off their emails? |
| 7:48
| Steve calls down to the newsroom. Jim has spotted "Hester You Are Ridiculous" t-shirts up at Wrigley. They're orange and feature a Devin Hester-like player on the front. At the very least Jeff should try to get the Bears to clamp down on that. |
| 7:49
| After Devin Hester returned a kickoff against the Packers Jeff called him the Windy City Flyer and then a friend of his found a Windy City Flyer t-shirt at Walgreen's. |
| 7:50
| When Jeff is down in Bourbonnais there's a bar that he and Tom occasionally go do. There are two guys who frequent the bar and they've memorized all of Tom and Jeff's big calls from recent years verbatim. Every time Jeff is there they pepper him with those calls. It's cool but also disturbing. |
| 7:51
| That is pretty cool. Everyone loves the Bears here and Jeff and Tom call the games. During camp Jeff met a kid who was working as a ball boy and wanted to get into broadcasting. So he asked Jeff for some advice and Jeff told him to start thinking about the broadcasters he grew up listening to. |
| 7:52
| The kid is 14 but he said it was Jeff that he grew up listening to which is just weird. Jeff should do whatever he can to keep this kid out of the business though. Pull the drawbridge up! |
| 7:57
| Pete is still searching for that Bob Costas audio. If anyone saw it feel free to call in. |
| 7:58
| So far this preseason Devin Hester hasn't run anything back and why should he? No reason to risk an injury right? The kicker in Seattle last week was really pinning him back anyway. |
| 7:59
| So tonight is the third preseason game. The third game is usually when the guys who will be starters play well into the 3rd quarter. Of course Tom gets irritated because everyone has taken to calling the third preseason game a dress rehearsal. |
| 8:00
| It doesn't take much for Tom to get irritated. And when he was playing sometimes the starters would play the entire preseason game. |
| 8:01
| Mike Nolan of the 49ers is looking to hang on to his job. He's the first 49ers coach to retain his job after three straight losing seasons. You know why he still has the job, he looks good in that suit? |
| 8:02
| Nolan actually had the suit made for him by the NFL. According to the NFL's deal with Reebok coaches can only wear clothing made by Reebok. So he had a suit made. |
| 8:03
| Steve caught some of Jeff's pre-game before the first preseason game, he goes to traffic and weather together on the 8s right in the middle of it. He's like Pat Cassidy. |
| 8:04
| Steve will be at the game tonight but he can't stop by to see Tom and Jeff because he still doesn't have a press pass. No one seems interested in getting him one either. People keep saying they're working on it but that's all that ever happens. |
| 8:05
| News with Buzz |
| 8:06
| During Condoleezza Rice's unannounced visit to Iraq today she announced a pending agreement that would allow U.S. troops to extend their stay in that country. Wait, they want us to leave? Then let's go! |
| 8:07
| We have to talk them into staying? They should be kissing our asses! Steve doesn't want to be anywhere he's not wanted. And this blood for oil thing isn't working either. |
| 8:08
| The grim job of identifying burned bodies in the crash of a plane in Madrid is underway. A makeshift morgue has been set-up nearby. |
| 8:09
| Ralph Nader believes Barack Obama needs to choose Hillary Clinton as his running mate. Right now she's not even on anyone's list of possible candidates for VP. |
| 8:10
| An Olympic gold medal hangs in the balance today as the U.S. women's soccer team takes on Brazil in the finals. Meanwhile IOC President Jacque Roge criticized Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt for showing a lack of respect to competitors following his world record breaking 100m and 200m sprints yesterday. |
| 8:11
| Outrage is still building over Michael Phelps' decision to endorse Frosted Flakes instead of the traditional Wheaties. Somehow Wheaties made it so that it seemed like an honor to appear on their cereal box so they don't have to pay anyone. You know what's an honor, getting that check from Frosted Flakes. |
| 8:12
| Drew Peterson's lawyer Joel Brodsky claims that police officers have known all along that Stacy planned to leave his client. She was advised by a classmate to only use cash so she could stay hidden. |
| 8:13
| Mayor Daley is saying it's irresponsible for some university president's to push for the drinking age to be lowered to 18. It seems like maybe university presidents know what they're talking about though right? Most likely they want to take the drinking out of the dorm rooms. In a dorm room a kid can drink as much as he wants, that doesn't happen as much at a bar. |
| 8:14
| Cubs pitcher Carlos Zambrano and catcher Geovanny Soto helped residents of Humboldt Park break ground on Little Wrigley Field. Not everyone had a good time and luckily we had a reporter on the scene. |
| 8:15
| It's time for the Eight O'Clock Taco Bell. Steve doesn't have time to wait for a Taco Pal to call in so he's just going to say what he's having. Lately Steve's been going with the #6 which is a Chalupa and an original taco. Then Steve upgrades to the Fruitista Freeze which is very refreshing. |
| 8:16
| Steve has his golf lesson today and normally he stops at Taco Bell on the way home. Today though he might stop at the driving range first, then hit Taco Bell and then go to his lesson. |
| 8:22
| Live read: Woodfield Nissan |
| 8:23
| That was the Bob Costas audio...it wasn't exactly like what Jeff says but it was probably inspired by him. The email led Steve to believe that Bob was saying "Michael Phelps you are ridiculous!" Emailers are always alarmist though. |
| 8:24
| Pat Boyle is here, in studio. What brings him downtown today really? Does he need his license renewed? Is it only because we validate parking? |
| 8:25
| Before we get to Pat's sports we have a live report from our own Beijing Gay. How does his connection sound? You never know if you're going to get a good satellite connection from China. |
| 8:26
| Ben is piggybacking off of Brian Williams's feed. They went to college together, Brian played football and Ben was a cheerleader. |
| 8:27
| Ben is here with another Gay Olympics Moment. He's doing them because no one else is. Did Ben here that Pat Boyle is also here? |
| 8:28
| Did Buzz or Pat have a chance to see any of the Olympics coverage last night? Pat was probably working, rehashing the same Cubs clips over and over even though the lost. Meanwhile they probably ignored the Sox who killed the Mariners. |
| 8:29
| Pat and Mark actually did work in the Sox highlights yesterday. Were they despondent during the Cubs highlights though? |
| 8:30
| Pat delivered the highlights with his lip quivering. Mark Schanowski just broke down, they had to have 5 interns come out and console him. |
| 8:31
| Ben is wondering when Mark is going to get that rhinoplasty. If he turns his head left or right it takes up the entire screen! Pat thinks that might be the HD. |
| 8:32
| Of course you know what they say about the guys with the big noses, "Big nose, big hose". They also say that about guys with big feet, "Big feet, big meat" Has Pat ever glanced over at the urinal? |
| 8:33
| Buzz was probably busy spending quality time with Piper so he didn't see the Olympics coverage either. Last night they had the Olympics Gala. Bob Costas didn't know if he should say "gala" or "gayla" Ben didn't understand the point of the Gala because all the medal events are over. |
| 8:34
| The Chinese gymnast who won the men's all around or something came out and treated his pommel horse like it was a real horse. Buzz might not know this but Ben was an Olympic gymnast. His best event was pole vaulting but that was behind the scenes. Competitively his best sport was the rings. |
| 8:35
| For a while Ben coached the men's team but as you can imagine that ended badly. If you've ever seen Brokeback Mountain, it's based on a true story. |
| 8:36
| Sometimes Ben is asked to consult the team though. He's dear dear friends with Valeri Liukin, Nastia's father. Ben was also on Broadway in A Chorus Line, did Buzz know that? Buzz is learning more today about Ben than he has in years. This is all part of a very detailed set-up. |
| 8:37
| Ben also did an all-nude revival of Oklahoma which was a flop. Right now he's working on an all-nude Music Man. 76 trombones! Anyway Ben picked the music for Nastia's routine last night. |
| 8:38
| Not only did Ben pick the music but he actually wrote and composed it. He also improved upon the design of the balance beam, he told them to make it thicker and longer. |
| 8:39
| Ben has to go, he's sharing this satellite and his time is up. He's heading off to get a lumberjack breakfast. |
| 8:40
| Pat is surprised that Ben has held onto his credentials for this long in China. There are a lot of ambiguous things going on at the Olympics so Ben has managed to avoid any crackdowns. |
| 8:41
| It's always like that at the Olympics for Ben. He's had unprecedented access to Greg Louganis as well as some of the figurer skaters during the Winter Games. |
| 8:50
| Ben Gay is back, turns out station on after him on the satellite was CBS 2 and they didn't send any reporters over. Ben's having some dinner, he gets confused about what time it is over here. |
| 8:51
| They've got American food in the Olympic village including free Starbucks. Ben has 30 cups of Starbucks in his room but he's trying to figure out how to bring it back. |
| 8:52
| Ben has a few stories left but Pat should probably do his stories first right? Besides the Olympics we're all caught up on baseball. |
| 8:53
| The Sox absolutely crushed the Mariners, once again hitting 4 home runs in a game. It's the 4th time they've done that this month. Hopefully they can save some of that up for Tampa Bay this weekend. |
| 8:54
| Ken Griffey Jr. finally had his first home run in a White Sox uniform. Steve can see why the Reds were so willing to get rid of him. |
| 8:55
| It was Ken Griffey Jr's 609th home run, he is now tied with Sammy Sosa. Meanwhile the Twins keep losing. Although they're going on a very long road trip, 14 games. This could be the chance for the Sox to put some distance between them and the Twins. |
| 8:56
| Ted Lilly had a great game going through 5 1/3rd innings last night. He had a no-hitter until the second batter in the 5th. They ended up losing 2-1 to the Reds. They still have a 5 game lead over the Brewers though. |
| 8:57
| Dan Tani sang the 7th Inning Stretch yesterday and he had a unique twist to his rendition. He did a countdown at the start of the stretch. |
| 8:58
| Today Comcast's own quirky lefthander, Dan Plesac, sings the stretch. What's so quirky about Dan Plesac? He acts quirky now on Comcast but he wasn't like that until people started calling him quirky. Pat's actually the one who started that, it's his fault. He's created the Gallagher of baseball post-game shows. |
| 8:59
| The Bears and 49ers play tonight and this is their biggest preseason game so far. We'll get our first look at Kevin Jones tonight. He's a great back up and has some good chances to take carries away from Forte. |
| 9:00
| The way they work running backs these days it doesn't really mean that much if you're the starter. |
| 9:01
| The Bears offense has been taken to task for the last week. What the Bears need this year is for their defense to get back to the level they were at in 2005 and 2006. If Steve were a football player he wouldn't try that hard in the preseason. |
| 9:02
| The Bears defense was not good last year, they were starting to get older and there were a lot of injuries. That's probably because they were on the field so much. Steve hopes they're better, he's already paid his money. He's not a freeloader like some members of the press. That's why he refuses to except his press pass. |
| 9:03
| Steve does not want to be a liaison between the team and the fans. Liaison? Without Steve they don't have a job. Can we hear that Bruce Levine/Ed Lynch tape again? |
| 9:04
| There's quite the uprising at the end of that tape. There is something to Bruce's argument and at some point that dawns on Ed Lynch. It's too late at that point though. You're not supposed to ask about purpose pitches though. You can ask Ozzie about them though. |
| 9:05
| Alright Ben has to go, he's got a reservation at Panda Express. Pat didn't even know they had those over in China. |
| 9:06
| Steve does have a few more gay Olympics stories but Ben can do those another time. |
| 9:07
| There is that story about Tyson Gay and the dropped baton, maybe Ben should do this story. It does sound better when Be is on the phone instead of the satellite, it's more real. |
| 9:08
| The U.S. men's relay team was cruising towards the finals when a dropped baton got in the way. Has Buzz ever been to the Dropped Baton? Pete does his Dolly Parton impersonation up there every Friday right? Pat might know too, he's tall and seems like a female impersonator. He probably does an excellent Cher. |
| 9:09
| Anchor Tyson Gay did not get the baton from third leg runner Darvis Patton. When Gay reached his hand back for the exchange...you can see why Ben is doing this story. And yes Tyson Gay is Ben's brother from another mother. |
| 9:10
| When Gay reached back he never got a good grip on the baton. That's also known as the Olympic Reacharound. Trinidad & Tabago won the heat, only 4 of the 8 teams managed to make it around the 1 lap race without any problems in a light rain. |
| 9:11
| Jamaica won the second heat with Asafa Powell running the anchor leg. Usain Bolt was given the night off but will run in Friday's relay final. |
| 9:12
| Ben really has to go now, his other story about table tennis and the glue they use on paddles can wait until tomorrow. |
| 9:13
| Does Pat have anything else? Usain Bolt might make a good wide receiver for the Bears if he can hold on to the ball. Jamaicans do seem to have sticky fingers based on the camera that went missing from Steve's hotel room. |
| 9:14
| Pat thinks there's a good chance the Bears could slip in under the radar and have a good season. In 2005 no one thought the Sox would win the World Series. |
| 9:22
| Live read: Triton College |
| 9:24
| Buzz has some Huey Lewis tickets to giveaway. Of course Huey was heard in American Psycho while Patrick Bateman was murdering someone. Is that something Pete has handy? |
| 9:25
| Pete can grab that. It sounds like he has a mouthful of something Steve doesn't want. Does he have Hot Potato Mouth again? Because Steve gets a lot of requests to bring that back. |
| 9:26
| How did Pete get Hot Potato Mouth in the first place? Pete can't recall. It was probably from kissing some skank. Can't he kiss the skanks during the week when he doesn't see his girlfriend? |
| 9:27
| Alright, let's hear that American Psycho clip. This is the scene where he kills the prostitute right? All of the scenes are so good it doesn't really matter. |
| 9:28
| Buzz heard Huey Lewis at the end of Pineapple Express which reminded him of American Psycho. |
| 9:29
| Caller Luke wanted to let Steve know that in the Huey Lewis scene Patrick is talking to a dude, the Jared Leto character. |
| 9:30
| Alright it's time for the web poll. Yesterday's question was "Who is more fake" and the options were the U.S. and China. 93% said U.S. That seems harsh but all it takes is one Communist with a mouse to screw up the web poll. |
| 9:31
| Today's question is "Have you ever lost a friend to marriage?" Steve's going to go ahead and get Pete and Jim on here. This is it, the teary goodbye. Pete is losing Jim Kid to marriage. He already has actually, Jim didn't go to the Crosstown Classic with Pete, instead he went on an architectural tour with his fiance. |
| 9:32
| Pete hasn't been the same since then, just listen to him. The night after that game Pete was out with Catman, who was working chicks, and he spotted a couple of Cubs players. |
| 9:33
| Pete points it out and Catman loses his lady to a Cub. Catman still hasn't spoken to Pete either has he? Pete was bitter and he snapped. Really let's blame this all on Jim. He's completely wussed out, the guys are the ones who make the decision. |
| 9:34
| Jim probably shouldn't tell Buzz that he picked his fiance up at the airport last week then. Buzz is really the person Jim and every guy should model themselves after. Buzz doesn't pick anyone up anywhere and you know he probably doesn't pick up after himself. When he's reading Piper a book it's probably one he likes that terrifies her. Buzz is the person to pattern yourself after and Steve speaks for all guys. |
| 9:35
| If only we'd known what Buzz was doing. If only he'd started teaching a class 30 years ago. He probably didn't have things perfected yet and didn't know how far he could take it. Buzz is a man who literally does whatever he wants and no one gets mad at him. He has it completely figured out, it's quite remarkable. |
| 9:36
| This is an article from the Red Eye by Dustin Seibert. Dustin has a buddy living in another city, he's one of the best human beings he's ever had the privilege to know. That's creepy to say about another guy but we'll move on. Dustin always thought of this friend as someone he could reach out and touch no matter how far away he was geographically. Then last summer the friend met his future wife. Eventually it became harder to get the friend on the phone, texts went unanswered and telephone conversations were few and far between. |
| 9:37
| This sounds like Pete's blog. Jim's not sure if Pete can say he's the best human being he's ever known. You can sort of see why the friend's wife wants Dustin gone. What kind of guy says that about another guy unless it's Gandhi or the Dalai Lama. Gandhi surrounded himself with women though and they could all sew. Gandhi was sort of the Buzz Kilman of his era. |
| 9:38
| The friend cut off his friend base in Chicago. Dustin can't even send his wedding gift because he doesn't have the friend's new address. Steve considers stuff like this a blessing, it's just one less thing for him to think about even if that person is "The best human being he ever had the privilege of knowing." Who says that about another guy? |
| 9:39
| The friend was probably telling his wife he needed to cut Dustin out. He might have to blame the wife but the guy is trouble. That's probably what Jim is saying to his fiance about. Pete has noticed that sometimes after the show he'll go into the newsroom to talk about the Cubs and Jim will be packing up and they'll talk on the way to the elevator. |
| 9:40
| Dustin has speculated about why he lost this guy as a friend. He came up with three indisputable facts. The friend is alive and well and has flatly disregarded his friends. Many people fear that they'll lose their friends to marriage. Steve prays for stuff like that. |
| 9:41
| It's creepy for one guy to think another guy is the best human being he's ever had the privilege of knowing. When you get married don't you sever a lot of ties? The new wife is the perfect excuse and Pete is needier than a starving kid in Africa. |
| 9:42
| Buzz presumes that the new relationship you're being offered unbridled sex as the ultimate benefit. Steve prefers not to think of Jim in those terms, bridled or unbridled, saddle or no saddle. Steve likes to think of Jim and Pete as smooth down there. For some reason though he imagines Adam has quite the schlong on him. |
| 9:49
| Live read: Woodfield Nissan |
| 9:50
| OK we're in the middle of the web poll, the topic is "Have you ever lost a friend to marriage?" Pete is of course losing Jim to marriage. Pete doesn't think that'll happen though. Is he kidding? What chick wants a creepy dude like Pete hanging around. |
| 9:51
| Steve loves Pete, he's been working for here for 12 years and he respects his work and always tries to look out for him. Steve can't say Pete does the same thing for him, Pete has a lot of passive-aggressive tendencies. That being said, Pete is one of the weirdest guys ever. He's not going to recognize it though. |
| 9:52
| Pete went to Lollapalooza last year with a bag of fruit he brought from home in a dirty shopping bag. Pete has had plenty of opportunities to exchange pleasantries with Jim's fiance and they get along famously. Steve's not saying they don't get along, Pete's just weird. They're not going to want Pete around their kids. Does he think it's a coincidence that Steve didn't let Pete around his kids until they were of drinking age? |
| 9:53
| Pete is the most routinized person Steve has ever met. It's not all bad and it doesn't mean Jim should dump him but he will. And Catman has dumped him because he has Cub's Tourette's. |
| 9:54
| Spouses or partners taking precedence over friends and colleagues always happens but Dustin Seibert believes it's a problem that can be nailed down to one of three things. First is when your spouse/partner has become everything you need in live. That's not healthy, what happens if that person leaves your life. This guy is upset that his friend-one of the best human beings he's ever had the privilege of knowing-has dumped him. If Steve is the friend he dumps him for saying that. Every time he gets some Jaeger in him he's going off on what a great human being he is. That's not going to help them get chicks. |
| 9:55
| God forbid if something ever happened with Jim's marriage Pete would welcome him back. But not on a Wednesday because Pete doesn't leave the house on Wednesdays, he's watching Grey's Anatomy. The weekend would be best for Pete. |
| 9:56
| This guy is really taking this thing hard, he's calling it emotional abuse. The second reason is the friend working overtime to please their partner. That often comes at the expense of other relationships. You can see why this guy got dumped right? What guy analyzes things this much? You just say things like "even you you're getting laid on a regular basis doesn't mean we can't still watch football" |
| 9:57
| The third reason is a partner who feels threatened by someone's friends or relatives. Well yes, obviously. Would your girlfriend want you to invite over the guy who hates her. Maybe she can make them dinner! |
| 9:58
| In the best case scenario victims of those situations often come to their senses and break up or get divorces. That's nice. Some people are simultaneously unhappy and comfortable in their relationship and don't get out of it. |
| 9:59
| That is creepy as hell, no wonder why this guy was shut off. The good news for Pete is that Jim is always at work. So Pete can force himself on Jim all over the office. If it becomes a problem for Jim Steve can't get security on it. The same security that let Drew Peterson up here last month. |
